Voices of Fire
Subtitle: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi'iaka
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: May 07, 2014
Language: eng; haw
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780816679225
Description: "Stories of the volcano goddess Pele and her youngest sister Hi‘iaka, patron of hula, are most familiar as a form of literary colonialism—first translated by missionary descendants and others, then co-opted by Hollywood and the tourist industry. But far from quaint tales for amusement, the Pele and Hi‘iaka literature published between the 1860s and 1930 carried coded political meaning for the Hawaiian people at a time of great upheaval."--Back cover.
Notes: Source title: Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hi'iaka (First Peoples: New Directions Indigenous)